diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.c b/usr.bin/cut/cut.c
--- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.c
+++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.c
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@
 					break;
 				}
 				if (*pos)
-					for (i = 0; i < (int)clen; i++)
-						putchar(p[i - clen]);
+					(void)fwrite(p - clen, 1, clen,
+					    stdout);
 			}
 			if (ch == '\n')
 				break;